Experts say it may have been easier for the parents to shield their children from scrutiny because they were home-schooled.

Some of the children would be chained for weeks or months at a time and would not be freed to use the bathroom, he said. A punishment could be triggered by something like washing hands above the wrist, in which case they would be accused of playing with the water, he said. Another sibling escaped with her but turned back out of fear.

Perry, who led a team of therapists that interviewed most of the surviving children from the Branch Davidian cult in Waco, Texas, said that one 5-year-old could recite whole books of the Bible but could not identify circles and squares.

The Turpins are alleged to have starved their children to such an extent their oldest child, a 29-year-old woman, weighed only 82lbs (five stones) when she was rescued from the home.

"They were accused of playing in the water and they would be chained up", he said, adding that none of the victims were allowed to shower a couple of times a year.

The abuse began when the family resided in Fort Worth, Texas - where the children lived apart from their parents, who dropped off food for them.

The family slept during the day, going to bed before dawn, and was awake through the night, Hestrin said. He said that may have contributed to why the abuse went undiscovered for so long.

Most people would recognize milder forms of the same inaction that is a coping mechanism, whether it's failing to speak out against off-color jokes, enduring sexual harassment or staying in an terrible marriage, said Dr. Bruce Perry. None had ever been to a dentist.

"They would buy food including pies, apple pies, pumpkin pies, leave it on the counter, let the children look at it, but not eat the food", Hestrin said. Religion, he said, did not have a role in the treatment of the children.

They were only allowed one shower a year.

Prosecutors hope to learn more about the lives of these children from one of the few privileges Hestrin said they were allowed: their journals. The district attorney characterized the siblings as relieved but would not elaborate.

"Supposedly homeschooled, the children lacked even basic knowledge of life". The Turpins are expected to be arraigned today, where they will be represented by attorneys with the Riverside County Public Defender's Office. I'm not just saying this stuff. "They were "sweetie" this and "sweetie" that to each other".

She told cops she was terrified her parents would killer her if she was caught.

But she said she did have disturbing memories of the husband. "I feel they were model Christians", she said. "Over the years, the Lord knows what happened". Their attorneys said they were still reviewing the serious allegations and declined to comment on specific allegations. They weren't skinny or nothing.

"They are the sweetest family", said Turpin, 81. Investigators removed dozens of boxes, what appeared to be two safes and pieces of a bed frame.

Some siblings were shackled to furniture in the foul-smelling four-bedroom home that looked perfectly normal from the outside.

The family relocated to Murrieta, California, in 2010, and then moved again to nearby Perris in 2014, with the abuse and neglect intensifying after they arrived on the West Coast, Hestrin said.

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